BIID Presents: Ask the Expert

Got a few burning questions that you would like to ask an expert about?

 “When do I need to consult a Structural Engineer on a project?”

 “How important is Professional Indemnity insurance for a practising designer?”

 “Who is liable for Party Wall damage?”

 “How do I apply CDM 2015 on a Residential project?”

 The BIID presents a fun, fast-paced and interactive afternoon where interior designers can come along for a chance to meet with other experts in the built environment to discuss requirements, regulations and to seek advice that will help to foster working relationships and communication for best practice within the industry. As well as your questions answered, this is a fantastic opportunity to gain an insight into the roles held by the other professionals that help to create the built environment.

This is an exclusive event for BIID Members to be held at Arper in Clerkenwell.   

WHAT TO EXPECT

In small groups, interior designers will get the chance to have 15 minutes with each expert, once the whistle blows, the groups will move on to the next expert, so think about some of the questions you would like to ask of the experts listed below;

1. Building Regulations Consultant; Alan Stokes from London Building Control
2. CDM Consultant; William Flint, Priority Risk
3. Party Wall Consultant; James Beat, Child & Child
4. Procurement Consultant; Stephen Rockhill, Stephens & Bolton LLP
5. Professional Indemnity Insurance Consultant; Andrew Mills, Trafalgar Risk Management
6. Quantity Surveyor; Jessica Tabibi, H Sweet and Sons

PROGRAMME

1:30 – 2:00        Registration with light refreshments

2:00 – 3:00        Session 1

• 15 minutes in groups with each expert
• 3 changes
• 5 minute break between changes

3:00 – 3:15        Coffee Break

3:15 – 4:15        Session 2

• 15 minutes in groups with each expert
• 3 changes
• 5 minute break between changes

4:15 – 4:30        Finish

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

BIID Registered Interior Designers and BIID Associate members

ABOUT THE VENUE

Arper is an Italian company that manufactures and distributes chairs, sofas and tables for contract and residential worldwide.

Arper is renowned for its colourful and versatile collections which adapt and blend into the layout of each project, offering innovative solutions to specific requirements of flexibility and customization.

The London showroom in Clerkenwell is the company’s brand ambassador in the UK: a flagship space in the heart of the architecture and design district, where you can experience first-hand the company’s design vision – the pursuit of the essential.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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